Race Inquiry Digest ( Oct 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured A Health Crisis Is Brewing for Black Kids. By Margo Snipe / Capital B
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Liz Cheney Warns On What Jim Jordan Becoming Speaker Could Mean For The Constitution. By Martha Viachou / HuffPost
A bipartisan coalition is the way forward for the House. By Hakeem Jeffries / Wash Post
“The Donald Trump show is over”: Trump’s attempt to turn his trial into a campaign spectacle fails. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
Mississippi Democrat Brandon Presley aims to rally Black voters in governor’s race. By Michael Goldberg / ABC News
US Naval Academy’s affirmative action policy challenged in court. By Zachary Schermele / USA Today
More people of color are voting Republican. That’s not all bad news. By Perry Bacon Jr. Wash Post
Court picks Alabama congressional map likely to mean Democratic gain. By Maegan Vazquez and Amy B. Wang / Wash Post
The future of the auto industry will have an outsized impact on Black America. By Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN
Police Killings of Black & Brown People May Be Double Previous Estimates: La Raza Database Project. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Opinion: Why we should all care about Black men’s mental health. By Keith Magee / CNN
Morgan State shooting prompts university to historically cancel homecoming. By Zoe Wells / USA Today
Dr. Melissa Gilliam to Lead Boston University as Historic First. By Arrman Kyaw / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed.
Churches confess and repent for sins against Native and Indigenous people. By Jason De Rose / NPR
White Georgia Pastor Goes Viral with Sermon Justifying Slavery | WATCH. By Ny MaGee / Eurweb
Supreme Court is increasingly putting Christians’ First Amendment rights ahead of others’ dignity and rights to equal protection. By Paulina Jones and Andrew Murphy / The Conversation
Black churches play a key role in connecting communities to broadband internet. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Columbus Day celebrates an ongoing threat to American democracy. By Robert P. Jones
Smithsonian Acquires Major Collection About Enslaved Poet. By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
The Life and Activism of Rosa Parks: A CBFS Interview. By Lucien Baskin / AAIHS
A shared resting place for Pharoah Sanders. By Harmony Holiday / NPR
Chris Rock and Steven Spielberg to collaborate on Martin Luther King Jr. biopic. By Variety / NBC News
Spike Lee has power. He’s still fighting it. By Yada Yuan / Wash Post
Cynt Marshall Is The First Black Woman To Lead An NBA Team. The Dallas Mavericks CEO Vows Not To Be The Last. By Jabari Young / Forbes
BREAKING: Colorado Announces More Major Spikes Resulting From The “Deion Sanders Effect.” By Lou Flavius / MSN
Simone Biles wins 6th Worlds title, becomes most decorated gymnast in history. By Angeline Jane Bernabe / ABC News
Colin Kaepernick appears to have two options if he wants to return to football, but QB doesn’t seem interested. By John Breach / CBS
